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17. BACTRIS CARYOTAEFOLIA. Tab. 74, Fte. 3. 4 



IS. caudice humili aculeate, petioUs bast vaginante aculeate, rachihm glabris posticc aculeate antic* inennibus, pinnis subsparsis 

 dcUoideis deorsum cnncate praanonh, denle marginal* uirinquo production, incrnubus, subtus argentco - tomcntosis ; 

 spatha aadeata; spadicc setuloso ramoso, drupis turbinato - globom. 



DESGRIPTIO, Caidex quataor ad octo pedes attus, raro altior, erectus, digiti minora crassitie, fuscus. 

 longitudinalitcr smVatus, infra frondium insertionom aenleis atris unguicnlaribns munitus. 



FRONDES versus apicem caudicis confertae, tri- vcl quadripcdales. Petioli basi spitbamaca amplcxicau- 

 les, ibidem carina!!, longitadinaliter striati atquc praesertim in parte dorsal! aculeis aliis nonnullas lineas aliis sesquipolli- 

 ecm Ion-is subulatis, prinum, arris dein atro-fuscis ct medio cxpallidis vnrio modo patentibus borridi, fuscescenti- 

 virides; antice infra pinnas subtus convex! superne carinati, glnbri, virides, aenleis parcis reliquis similibus, ast 

 minoribus, armati, in ipsa rachi inenncs. Pinnae sparsac, vel, praeserstim in medio, per pans approximate, 

 una basi subrepUcatae, cactcru.n pinnae, subhorizontaliter patentes, basilarcs ct terminalcs nonnihil minorcs, inter- 

 mediac quatuor ad sex pollices longae, apicc duos fere la tee, deltoidcae, deorsum cuneatac, margine terminal! pracmorsae, 

 dentibus inacqualibus aeutis et ex parte mucronatis, marginal! et quidem praecipue superior! in utroque latere 

 production, ncrvo medio et lateralibus pluribus approximate superne prominentibus subtus impressis per- 

 cursae, superne nitidc virides, subtus tomento tcnerrimo iloccoso albo Iiolosericco - albidae, margine inermes vel setulis 

 minimis vix conspicuis instructae. 



til'AWX c vagina pctiolari crumpens, nutans, spithnmaeus. Pcdunculus compresso - subanccps, pilis ct sctis 

 ereetis fnscis scaber. Kachis brcvis in ramos octo ad duodeeim, tri- vel quadripollicares, divisa. Spatha exterior 

 intra vaginas frondium iatens, dorso concava ct margine subulata, ventre convcxa, inermis, coriacea, sesquipollicaris; 

 interior e basi compresso- cylindrica fusiformis. 



FLOttES MASCULI ignoti. Floruju FOEMINEORVM calyx membranaccus, longitudinalitcr striatue, 

 cupulans, glaber. COROLLA urceolaris, subtridentieulata, pilis minimis, sub fructificatione in sctulas mutandis, castaneis 

 ereetis vcstira. DRUPA obovata, acuta, glabra, nigricans, charactercs congenerum exhibens. 



Crescit in sylvis prope ScbastianopoUn, ubi collcgit ]>. Beyrich, qui benevolo 



eommumcavit. 



* » , /C f jV ' F : SP '" T * b " U ' ** VL Van ' UPMm4 Cnn,ii0i!, • "™ °™° ta SpaaiM fn,clifcro <"• "-)- - Kg. IV. Fron, (m. imm.). - 1. Flo. foemme^ 

 2. hjusdem calyx. 3- Kjnsdm orcll*. 4. l'ifllilluu (« ».). 5. Dru (U i in uuegoimnli* (m. n.). 



18. BACTRIS LONGIFRONS. 



II. caudice clato, pinnis pectinate elongate anguste longe acuminate crassiusculis subina-mibw, spa/ha aculeata, aeuleis expallesccn- 

 tibus; spadicc ramoso tomentoso, pedunculo sctoso. 



DESClilPTIO. CaVDEX duodeeim- ad vigintipedalis, teres, crassitie pollicis cum dimidio. 



HioyDES maguae. P.nnae tri- ad quadripedalcs, polliccm cum dimidio latae, lineares ct dcoraum longe acumina- 

 tae, nervo medio superne prommente crasso ct lateralibus subsenis percursac, in margine incrassato setulis minutis 

 rans ct caduc.s mstruetac atque practerca in facie inferiorc propter ncrvos setulis vix nisi sub Icnte composita conspicicu- 

 d.s minunu. parcc obscssae, obscure virides. SPATHA interior pedulis, subcoriacco - Hgnescens, cxtus, praescrtin, versus 

 basm aeuleis pollicaribus teretibus, primum atro-fuscis, dcin, excepta bas!, expallescentibus, horrida, inter aculeos tomento 

 gnseo - fuseo adspcrsa. 



Si'AMX pedunculo octopollicari, compresso - tcrcti, castaneo - tomentoso atquc armato aeuleis nigro- 

 »"se>s duanm, ad trium lincarum longitudine, rachi brcvi in ramos triginta et plurcs tomentosos teretcs 

 abcuntc. liehquac partes uon obscn-atac. 



Crescit in sylvis inter ostia Jluminum Tocantms ct Tapajoz , juxta Jlumcn Amazomm. 



